Aurel Braun

Biography

Aurel Braun is a professor of International Relations and Political Science at the University of Toronto and a center associate for the Davis Center at Harvard University. His forthcoming book is “Russia, the West and Arctic Security.”

As attractive as reconciliation between Russia and Turkey may seem and despite the potential significant benefits, there are risks and problems. Moscow needs to keep a wary eye on the geopolitical moves coming from Ankara

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